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(No Model.) 0. 0. & J. R. HENDERSON.

010th Measuring and Registering Machine. No. 242,642. Patentedlune-7,l88l

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, U IT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES (J. HENDERSON AND JACOB R. HENDERSON, OF ARKADELPHIA,

- ARKANSAS.

CLOT H MEASURING AND REGISTERING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,642, dated June '7,1881. Application filed October 19, [880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, CHARLES C. HENDER- soN and JACOB R. HENDERSON, ofArkadelphia, in the county of Clark and State of Arkansas, have inventeda new and useful Im' provement in Cloth-Measuring Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of our invention is to furnish a machine adapted formeasuring heavy cloths, bagging, and similar materials in lengths, asdesired, in place of the usual method of measuring by hand. Moreparticularly the object is to wind the material from the roll upon asuitable drum, measure the material as it is wound, and provide anindicator of the amount rolled off, so that the desired quantity can bewound and then out off.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line.

as m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the Windlass, andFig. 4 is a side elevation of the machine, showing the registering mechanism.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The frame of the machine consists of side standards, A A, securedvfirmlyto a suitable base, B.

At the front and lower part of the machine is a drum or Windlass, 0,having hearings in brackets to, and provided with a crank-handle, b, forits operation.

Between the upper part of standards A, and having bearings therein, isfitted a drum or roll, D, the circumference of which is a yard or otherdefined measurement. The surface of this drum is provided with'pointedpins 0, for entering the cloth or bagging, to insure rotation of thedrum as the cloth passes over.'

At the front of the machine, between roller D and Windlass O, a board,E, is supported by cross-bars d, that are fixed on standards A. The faceof the board E is inclined to correspond with a line from the surface ofroller D to Windlass E, so that the material may pass over andlie uponthe board, or nearly so. In the board E is a slot, 0, which permitscutting of the material readilyas it lies upon the board. Above the slothooks f are fixedfor retaining the cut end in place and terial fromrunning back. At the back and lower part of the machine is fitted ashaft, 9, adapted for receiving the roll of material. This shaft will befitted repreventing the in amovably in its bearings for convenience in 5shaft carries a pinion, which connects by a train of gearing withfapinion on the shaft of drum D. Beneath dial 1' is a friction-roller, l,fitted to bear on the edge of the dial to retain the same in place byfriction, and at the same time permitting the dial to be turned by hand.

The dial is marked and numbered in yards and subdivisions of yards.

In operation the end of the cloth or bagging is attached on Windlass (J,and the latter then turned to wind thematerial until the desiredquantity is indicated by the poi-nteron the dial. The material is thencut on the board E. Before commencing toiwind the dial will be turned tobring its zero-point to the pointer.

To permit removal of the Windlass from the machine, and the rollofmateri al from the windlass, one of the supporting-brackets a is hingedto swing outward, and a hook, 02, provided for connection with an eye orstaple on the bracket for retaining the latter in place.

The Windlass-barrel has its central portion removed by a cut from oneend to near'the other end, and the piece 0 at one side of the cut isconnected to the main portion of the barrel by pivoted links pp, whichretain the piece 0 offset from the main portion while the windlass is inplace. By moving piece 0 endwise the barrel is reduced in size and theroll of cloth may be readily removed.

There may be ten s'ion-rolls fitted on the bars cl at the front of themachine, the measuringboard in that case being omitted. Suchconstruction is shown at q. We may also use a pin, passing through thedial 6 and standard A, in place of the roller 1.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In measuringrmachines, the slotted cutting-board E, provided with hooks f, combined with measurin g-druin D andWindlass, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, in a cloth-measurer, of the drum D, having the pins0, the Windlass O, theintermediate inclined board E, having

